My country, one Nation

I was never really interested in our country's history in school because, I never thought I would ever use it and I thought it was boring until.........I had my children. When you have your children it is your responsibility to teach them everything about the world that you can, so the more I would think about how big the world was the more I read. I really had alot of fun learning, I went back to school and found that I loved history, I loved the words that were written when our country began.
I fell head over heels I love our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the words were beautiful and really well thought out. How could I not want to share and explain what they meant to my kids let alone to our country. The freedoms that we have, the love and respect our government has for us, have you read it lately? History has even more meaning after I learned that my own Great 9 times grand father Abraham Shaw came to America on the Mayflower (he signed the Mayflower Compact), then settled in Dedham, Massachusetts in 1635, Abraham was an Incorporator of Dedham and signed the town covenant, known as the "Dedham covenant". The Dedham Covenant was a very important inspiration to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. During the first year of the Dedham settlement, Abraham proposed the erection of a water mill for the purpose of grinding corn and the town granted him about 70 acres of land and granted permission to build a corn mill unfortunately he died in 1638 before he could finish the mill.
The pride that my Family feels has been put to the test as of late, why you ask? Because of all the lies that have been told by our Government! These leaders have let down my Kids, let alone all of us. We trust them to help make our country better not worse! Aren't we suppose to keep them accountable, they are our pubic servants, we put them in office. Our local public servants steal money from us tax payers, they raise our taxes and tell us we have to work harder because they have to cut more jobs just so they can make their budget. How come I can balance my budget but thy can't! Really.....are you serious? I try not to watch T.V. news anymore because it just makes me really mad, you know madder than a wet hen?
Abraham Shaw had to earn his rights as a freeman by working to establish the Massachusetts colony. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; this was the first protest in America against taxation without representation and led to the establishment of representative government in the colony. I have a whole new understanding of the history of our nation. It's no longer just something I read in a book, now it's a part of my heart because America runs in my veins! God bless my America and yours!
Surf you later
Lili

Under God?

In God we trust, I pledge elegance to the Flag of United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all, notice a pattern here, God! Our country has forgotten one of the most important things that made this country great. We all know that other country's want to be us because, we were free, loved, protected, and all part of the greatest country ever made.
Let me take you back for a moment in time when some good men had a good idea, no a great one. They thought and worked hard for some time and to our good fortune they were God fearing men and had the faith that under God we could be something different!
Now we are here and in trouble, our nation is divided in so many fractures that not even surgical pins could help, we have immigration problems, hate is still ramped in our cities and then there is political correctness, oh for heavens sake, are you kidding me. How about we get off our butts and do something, not just vote for whatever they say we should, but ask the fat cats to stop the lies and ask We the People what we really think. We could do little things like, stop checking the box marked what Race are you...ah human, say we are all one race. Tell the Fat cats to stop taking all the money for their salary's and act like they are here to serve us not themselves.
How about this point (and fact), the scientists all use something that we don't really think about but B.C. and A.D., what does that mean you ask? Before Christ (B.C.) and After Death (A.D.), soooo what the heck is going on, even Darwin himself at the end of his life said "it was just a theory" he himself was a believer in a creator and in GOD! If we all go back to a simpler time when we believed in something, read our rights and demand them, then we just might be OK.
The big one is the freedom of speech, I just said my peace and that is my right! Now put that in your cigar and smoke it. Surf ya later, Lili

The Truth and Lies

I have finally decided to write about something that is close to my heart....LIES!
I have a love-hate relationship with the saying "You can't spell families without lies", have you heard that one? Well I live that one everyday that I breath!
I need to start with my childhood, as far back as I can remember my family members have lied to me for one reason or another, mostly lied over my real father. The other lies were to each other, you know the kind of lies that can only cause everyone pain. The interesting thing about me is that I was a only child and the family said all those lies with me in the room (I was a quiet child, that's the way they liked it) or they just flat out told me things they wanted me to say so they could keep their lies straight with each other. My mother would tell me not to tell my grand-mother something she didn't want her to know like, my step-father was a drunk, the next day my Nana (grand-mother) would know something was up and ask me, I WOULD"NT lie for anyone, then I would get spanked by my mother! This went on and on all of my life. My whole family is a mess from the lying they have done.
You know what I have figured out, that lies and manipulation go hand and hand. It's like I have done a study for the past 43 years, been observing in the background. All the hurt and pain that the lying has caused, manipulation is worse in a way because, you have to lie to yourself in order to be a grand manipulator! My parents are the best at it with my uncle not too far behind, they don't think that anyone knows what they are up to. "You need to come over and give your mother a shower because you have not given her a shower in 6 months, if you love her then make time in your schedule for your mother". This is unbelievable considering they wont let me come over unless it's under their terms and ... well I could go on and on but it's not really going to help me or you.
I have searched for the truth all my life, what I have come up with is that everyone knows someone that is a liar or a manipulator. I have read all kinds of books about lies and how not to get sucked into those people's lies, the truth is that the only way you can truly get away from all the hurt is to grow a pair (so to speak) or to move to a deserted island in the middle of the pacific ocean and live alone for the rest of your life. the real truth is in my heart and I follow it everyday! Surf ya later, Lili

Anal Seepage

Sticks and stones will break your bones but words will never hurt you. That is a load of crap!! I am sure that you have heard that saying almost all of your young life and it did not make sense then and it does not make sense now. I am just sure that my family told me that to make me feel better when I was a young child, IT DIDN'T! You see I like most people had a childhood bully, (she treated every kid in the neighborhood like they were less than) I would be hanging out in my front yard when I would see her coming down the sidewalk, (going to the store for her mom just like we all did) she would start yelling BITCH at the top of lungs from 5 houses away, I would just take a deep breath and walk up the driveway into the garage where my Papa (grandfather) was, to stay out of harms way. Now I must tell that my Papa had been saying for many years "Bunky, if you would just hit her one time she would stop calling you names" and the above saying. Well my thoughts were, if words don't hurt then why is she calling me that word! Because she new even then at 7 years of age that words hurt a lot more than sticks do. So, I asked my Papa that very same question and his reply was "I see your point Bunky but, this girl will never stop until you hit her!!!! Well fine then, two days go by and once again here I am doing cartwheels in the front yard, and along comes THAT GIRL, so this is it do or die time, I stand up and say back to her "all right you Bitch come and get me if you really want to". In my head I hear, "here she comes are you really ready for this? I drew back my fist and POW!! I broke her nose, can you believe it!, my grand parents had to talk to her parents and I was not in trouble at all not even with her parents because they had been warning her that she was going to get her clock cleaned if she was not nicer to her friends!? FRIENDS!?
Are we all under a spell or what? Road rage, muggings, gang violence, HURTING LITTLE KIDS, what the hell is going on! To me the hardest one is words that people say when they just are in a bad mood or have had a bad day! I have had broken bones and they heal up but your heart does not. Really does it make you feel better to put someone else down? I learned from my childhood that hitting her did not feel as good as everybody said it would I truly felt worse because that girl did change but not in a good way she stopped coming out of the house to play with anyone. I did get the chance to talk with her when we were older and she did acknowledge she was a very mean kid and tortured all of us kids, but especially me! I asked her why me?, because you had things that I wanted and all the love you could get! HUH? Jealousy? REALLY? oh well, whatever floats your boat girly. I really did say I was sorry and meant it and we laughed about it because her nose is still crooked because her dad said that it would be a reminder to always be kinder to people, I said, If I was her parent that I would have fixed it but reminded her to be kind!(her dad killed her kittens in their pool, because he was a big jerk and the reason she was unhappy as a child).
How about parents that think nothing of telling their kids or me that they hate them, and if they leave home they will never speak to them again. Then to ad insult to injury call me a bitch all because I wanted to move away to another State! How's this one, I have a good friend that is not a druggie, a drunk, or a slut (she is 5 years older than me) that's all and my mother called her names and told me that I could not pick my own friends, I stood up to her and said,"don't call my friends names" the next thing that I knew the mother and step father where on top of me beating me so bad that I had bruises on my bruises and had to go to school the next day! Teachers and friends could see the bruises but when asked I said I fell at skating classes, someone called someone and now they wont speak to me at all, I was 15 years old dammit how could anyone do that to their kids, but see they had a bad day or whatever!!!!
I thought that as I got older that the words would not hurt me as much but I was wrong, they hurt the same! If you want to do something good for someone, then say something nice or DON'T say anything at all!!!!! By the way, think before you have Kids, you never know what you could say to them. If you don't want to hurt them just do the opposite of what MY Mother and Step-Father did and you will be OK. Surf Ya later, Lili

Old Friends

Just recently I learned how to use a computer, and much to my surprise I am doing really well for a newbie! So one of the first things that I did was to email my sister (really my best friend ever since I was 12) and tell her about my early birthday present (a lap top). I thought it would be fun to look her up on this facebook thingy, and there she was! Then my husband explains to me that I really would like it if I had a facebook account of my own, then I could look up friends and family anytime I wanted to. So, I opened an account and did look some close friends and family up, OMG there are too many people that I know on this facebook thingy! I looked up one old friend and it shot me to this Classmates.com thingy and tells me that if I want to email or find info about where she is now that I have to pay. So I paid, I can't believe it I paid for a service to help me find a friend! Here comes the random part, I am NOT a stalker! The last time that I saw some old friends they mentioned that the old friend in question asked if they have seen me around and if so do they have a phone number or address. So see, she looked me up first!
Here is the real point to the story, after so many years being out of High School hell you cant remember the last names of anyone, so how do they expect you to find them! Oh but the worst part is, lets say for the sake of argument that you do remember a name or two then you have to wait for them to remember you. Then you have to wait for them to email you! Then.....there is facebook, you say "add to friends" and you have to wait for more emails, aaarrgh its exhausting! So much pressure...............this is supposed to be fun dammit!
I do have to admit that I am enjoying it a little, small, wee bit when I do get to catch up with someone and their life is not too boring!
Surf ya later, Lili

Soap?

Guess what I saw today on t.v.? A new commercial for a hand soap pump that pumps the soap for you. The reason for the new pump is so you don't have to touch the pump and get germs on you. Are you kidding me, first thing that struck me is do you really need any more gadgets on your counters that end up breaking after the warranty is over, (Like one week after the warranty). The second is, you know those stupid pumps in public toilets, you put your hand under them to get your soap and they never give you enough or there is too much in your hand. My favorite is when your hand is empty. Now you have to understand that I am kinda a germ hater and the idea of leaving a public toilet without washing my hands is kinda OH MY GOD ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!!!!!
So here we are at the point of this blog, do the makers of this pump think we are a bunch of dummies! Oh yeah, I really want to spend more money in this economy! My godson came over one day and was telling me that his teacher said that the most germ infested place in your house is the top of the soap pump. Huh? but isn't it the point of soap to clean the germs off your hands? so what if you get germs on you, you're going to get them off BECAUSE YOU WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!!! Don't you?